Melinda French Gates is resigning from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Melinda French Gates said Monday she would resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that she has helped lead since 2000. As part of her separation agreement from former husband Bill Gates, French Gates said she will receive an additional $12.5 billion for her charitable …

Plan to marry off 100 orphaned girls unacceptable, says minister. The minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has said that the plan of Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, Speaker of the Niger State Assembly to marry out 100 orphaned girls as part of his constituency project, is unacceptable Mrs Kennedy-Ohanenye has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and sought for a …

FG Calls on NOPPMAN to Boost Nigeria’s Foreign Exchange with Onion Flakes Production for Exportation The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment, has called on the National Onion Producers, Processors, and Marketers Association of Nigeria to start producing onion flakes for exportation, to boost the country’s foreign exchange. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Amb. Nuru …

My article last week was a simple admiration of a personality occupying the exalted position of Minister of the Federal Ministry of Works who displays zeal in performing his responsibilities, making the unscrupulous contractors perform their duties. Still, I did not know I was opening a can of worms. Three high-ranking construction experts talked to me with some exciting expressions- …

I will be a frontliner of developments in Osun – Adeleke vows as he becomes the Asiwaju of Ede land . Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has vowed to be a frontliner of peace and development of the Ede land and Osun State as a whole. Speaking at the occasion of his installation as the Asiwaju of Ede land …

President Bola Tinubu today presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. The meeting, which commenced at around 12:50 pm on Monday, May 13, was attended by all cabinet members. The fifth of such since January this year, is expected to come out with some far-reaching decisions that will tackle some …

Diri Restates Call For Fiscal Federalism As Ijaws In America Honour Bayelsa Gov, Others   Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has again called for a review of the country’s revenue derivation formula in line with the practice of fiscal federalism. He queried the existing practice where resource-endowed states in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta, get a paltry …

Kudos to Stormy Daniels for standing her ground and refusing to be pushed around and insulted by Trump and his very rude lawyers. Stormy Daniels or Stephany Clifford was going to be rubbished as a hooker and a prostitute who was out to shake down their filthy-rich but buffoonish client as opined by Rachel Maddow in one of her brilliant …

Nigeria complex, but not difficult to govern — Obasanjo … Showers praises on Gov Adeleke over achievements Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria as a complex country which according to him, not difficult to govern. Obasanjo disclosed this on Sunday, at the commissioning of VIP lodge at the Government House in Osogbo. According to him, “With my experience, Nigeria …

World Communication Day: AI bringing laziness into journalism, Stakeholders lament Stakeholders at this year’s edition of the World Communication day held at the St. Benedict Catholic Cathedral Church in Osogbo, on Sunday lamented the effects of technology on human development. Speakers who spoke at the event put together by the Catholic Church of Osogbo, said technology has brought laziness to …

JAMB 2024: 174 Deeper Life school students score above 300 The management of Deeper Life High School have taken to social media to celebrate the exploits of 174 of their students who scored 300 marks and above in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The said students scored between 300 and 362 marks out of possible 400. The feat …

Elite brigandage and Tinubu’s class suicide, by Hassan Gimba Let us face it and tell ourselves the truth, bitter as it is: all patriotic Nigerians conversant with happenings among our elite class will be disappointed with the sordid behaviour of most of them. And their behaviour is further putting a strain on the fabric that holds the country together. In …

No fewer than 34 persons have been confirmed dead while scores of others were missing following floods on Sumatra island in western Indonesia Hours of heavy rain caused flooding in two districts in West Sumatra province on Saturday evening and sent sweeping ash and large rocks down Mount Marapi, the most active volcano on the archipelago’s Sumatra island. “Until now …

American Jurisprudence sucks, if you see what I see. There are three words in American Jurisprudence and how often you have heard them sustained or overruled in criminal trials in America can be an indicator on which side wins between the Prosecutor and the Defense Counsel. American trials are won or lost not so much on the merit of the …

Isa Dogonyaro, House of Rep member from Jigawa state died in Abuja. The law maker representing Babura/Garki Federal Constituency of Jigawa State has died, he was the vice chairman of the House Committee on HIV/AIDS and Malaria control, it was reported that he died Friday morning in Abuja after a brief illness. According to the spokesman of the House of …